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War and Peace (1967) (2006)

Director

Sergei Bondarchuk

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 431 minutes), £19.99

An epic Russian version of Tolstoy’s classic tale.with a cast of thousands, stupendous sets and backgrounds, grand balls and palaces all adding to the authenticity. DVD extras include interviews with...

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Joseph Brodsky (1987 Video)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col., £35.00

Joseph Brodsky, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1987, talks about his life as a Russian expatriate poet and an ex-Gulag prisoner.

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Crime and Punishment (2013)

aka: Prestuplenie I Nakazanie

Director

Lev Kulidzhanov

Subject

Languages; Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 221 minutes), £24.99

1969 film adaptation of Dostoevsky’s novel. The Ruscico DVD release is a three disc set which includes the fifty minute on-set documentary A FEW DAYS OF ONE FILM. The release includes English language...

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Sinyavsky Interview (1981 Video)

Director

Michael Rigg

Producer

Michael Rigg

Subject

Russian studies

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 22 min.

Interview with Andrey Sinyavsky in Russian.

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Inspector General, The (1949)

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 100 minutes), £4.99

Hollywood musical adaptation of Gogol’s classic play, starring Danny Kaye as the imposter.

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Idiot, The (2005)

Subject

Literature; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 166 minutes), £19.99

Kurosawa’s only adaptation of a Dostoevsky novel. His dramatisation uproots the novel’s Russian summer setting to a snowbound Hokkaido — the northernmost island of Japan. DVD extras: newly restored...

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War and Peace (1972) (2005)

Director

John Howard Davies

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 892 minutes), £49.99

A remastered and restored version of the BBC television adaptation of Tolstoy’s epic novel. Anthony Hopkins stars as Pierre Bezuhov. DVD extras: picture galleries; booklet

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Three Sisters, The (1965)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, VHS (NTSC, 166 minutes), $139.00

Directed by Lee Strasberg, this Actors’ Studio presentation of Anton Chekhov’s play ‘The Three Sisters’ features Sandy Dennis, Geraldine Page, Kim Stanley, and Shelley Winters.

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Queen of Spades, The (1948)

Director

Thorold Dickinson

Subject

Film studies; Literature

Distribution

DVD (Region 2 PAL, 91 minutes), £15.99

This atmospheric suspense thriller, one of the finest British films of the forties, is based on a short story by Pushkin. Anton Walbrook stars as Russian army captain Herman Suvorin, who secretly covets the...

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Cherry Orchard, The (1996 Video)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

REFERENCE ONLY, Videocassette. col. 140 min.

Video recording using three cameras of a performance of ‘The Cherry Orchard’ by Anton Chekhov, directed by Adrian Noble. Performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Swan Theatre,...

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